Part 25
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A STORY OF LIFE AND ADVENTURE IN THE BUSH AND IN THE GOLD-FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA.
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THE SQUATTER’S DREAM.
THE MINER’S RIGHT.
A TALE OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD-FIELDS.
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A SYDNEY-SIDE SAXON.
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NEVERMORE.
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KIRSTEEN.
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JOYCE.
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A BELEAGUERED CITY.
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HESTER.
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HE THAT WILL NOT WHEN HE MAY.
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THE RAILWAY MAN AND HIS CHILDREN.
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THE MARRIAGE OF ELINOR.
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SIR TOM.
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A SON OF THE SOIL.
THE CURATE IN CHARGE.
YOUNG MUSGRAVE.
THE WIZARD’S SON.
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A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN AND HIS FAMILY.
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THE SECOND SON.
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SIR PERCIVAL.
THE LITTLE SCHOOLMASTER MARK.
A TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN.
THE COUNTESS EVE.
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OLIVE. With Illustrations by G. BOWERS.
THE OGILVIES. With Illustrations by J. MCL. RALSTON.
AGATHA’S HUSBAND. With Illustrations by WALTER CRANE.
HEAD OF THE FAMILY. With Illustrations by WALTER CRANE.
TWO MARRIAGES.
THE LAUREL BUSH.
MY MOTHER AND I. With Illustrations by J. MCL. RALSTON.
MISS TOMMY: A Mediæval Romance. With Illustrations by FREDERICK NOEL PATON.
KING ARTHUR: Not a Love Story.
BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.
WESTWARD HO!
HYPATIA; or, New Foes with an Old Face.
YEAST. A Problem.
ALTON LOCKE; Tailor and Poet.
TWO YEARS AGO.
HEREWARD THE WAKE.
=By HUGH CONWAY.=
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LIVING OR DEAD? A FAMILY AFFAIR.
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THE CŒRULEANS. THE HERIOTS. WHEAT AND TARES.
=By THOMAS HARDY.=
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THE WOODLANDERS. WESSEX TALES.
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LOUISIANA; and THAT LASS O’ LOWRIE’S. By FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT.
CECILIA DE NOEL. By LANOE FALCONER.
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REUBEN SACHS. By AMY LEVY.
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OLIVER TWIST. 27 Illustrations.
NICHOLAS NICKELBY. 44 Illustrations.
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. 41 Illustrations.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. 97 Illustrations.
BARNABY RUDGE. 76 Illustrations.
DOMBEY AND SON. 40 Illustrations.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS. 65 Illustrations.
SKETCHES BY BOZ. 44 Illustrations.
DAVID COPPERFIELD. 41 Illustrations.
AMERICAN NOTES AND PICTURES FROM ITALY. 4 Illustrations.
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS.
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Transcriber’s Note:
Obvious errors in spelling, hyphenation and punctuation have been silently corrected in this version, but minor inconsistencies and archaic forms have been retained as printed.
The footnotes have been relocated to the end of their respective stories and renumbered to better fit the ebook format.
In addition, the following changes have been made:
On page 43: harnassed _to_ harnessed, in the phrase: Three elephants harnessed tandem go to each gun.
On page 250: Welling _to_ welling, in the phrase: Raines’s young barrister had for once put aside his unslaked and welling passion for alibis and insanity,(...)
On page 315: _Mungoose_ _to_ _Mongoose_, in the phrase: (...)said the Lieutenant of the _Mongoose_, a real white-painted ram-bow gunboat(...)
On page 348: come _to_ came, in the phrase: A woman came out of the doorway (...)
On page 365: sand to lea _to_ scud to lee, in the line[4]: Whirling like a windmill on the dirty scud to lee
[4] This change is found in most other editions of this poem.